Don't Dream It's Over

I truly am glad this week is over. Especially the last days at work have been horribly stressing, resulting in me even taking home some work with me. Whether or not I'll really have a look at it is something else, but the intention is there. Not because it is absolutely necessary, but more to be able to do the rest of my work better and to not have to rush all the time. But now it's weekend, so some time to relax there will be. :)

Tonight I am going to a bar with people from work as some sort of goodbye from an ex colleague. And tomorrow morning I intend to go to the sales for the first time. A bit late as they started at the start of january, but I hate the huge crowds and pushing people during such times. I don't know if I really 'need' anything, but some good ski trousers would definitely be welcome. This march Oslo is again on the menu and my goal is to not freeze for once whilst watching the biathlon.

Hehe, rereading this just shows how boring a working life is. :P Almost nothing interesting or worth mentioning happens during one week. It should be march already, then I'll be somewhere with snow and tons of entertainment. So for now I will stick to making plans end enjoying the smaller things. And I'll end with some lines of the song that was playing when I just left the airport two weeks ago.

"But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me"

Nothing can last forever

Few things last forever, for sure three days don't. I do know though, that I would have allowed them to.

Tuesday morning I had to wake up very early to catch the first train of the day going to the Netherlands. The dutch railways have quite a bad reputation when it comes to delays and that day I experienced those myself. They worked in my advantage too however, as I managed to catch my also delayed connecting train by five seconds. ;) Finally at nine o'clock I arrived just in time at Eindhoven airport to see Pablo coming through the gate and to welcome him with a huge hug. :) The train ride home was far more pleasant due to the great company and it was absolutely wonderful to catch up with him and just talk about every day stuff.

On the tram to the city centre

In the afternoon we went to the city centre of Antwerp where I showed him around and let him taste our real Belgian fries. The weather wasn't exactly what we would have wished for although it was in a way funny to be blown away completely in the narrow streets next to our cathedral. :P But at such times I did envy Pablo for having the short hair he has, especially for pictures it seemed so much more comfortable.

At the windy riverside

The next day was spent with catching up on some lost sleep from the day before and especially fixing computers... At my house there is more than one computer and that fact caused some problems with having Internet on all of them and a network between them. So far nobody had been able to fix this and my father saw a perfect opportunity in Pablo's visit. He studies informatics and is quite stubborn (hehe) so this resulted in a three hour fight with technology, not wanting to give up because I told him it wasn't going to work. :P In the end it did work so he and my father were happy and I was glad that I could have my Spanish entertainment back. ;)

The last day we spent acting like Japanese tourists by first going to Ghent and a bit later taking the train to Brussels to see the most important sights. Again the weather didn't allow huge tours, but going for lunch or a drink inside was also great. :) But as always to all great things has to come an end, so around 6pm we had to run to catch our train to the airport, where we eventually hugged goodbye again. As in Finland I had an incredible time with him and I can't wait to make new plans to meet up, hopefully this summer already. It's weird to see how some things can go and in this case I am especially glad to see how he has come to mean so much to me in a relative short time. It's a happy thought knowing there are several people who truly care.

Cloudy Ghent, flooded Brussels and leaving Pablo